Why have Iran and the US gone through so many crises since the 1979 Revolution?
Relations between Washington and Tehran have been sour ever since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, bringing the two states to the brink of war on several occasions while engaging each other in bloody proxy battles.
While a possible war has currently been avoided, bad blood continues to haunt the two archrivals, keeping tensions high in a volatile Middle East, where the US presence has not been welcomed much by indigenous populations. The roots of anti-Americanism in Iran In the 20th Century, the British colonised Iran, exploiting the country’s rich oil resources and Mossadegh wanted to bring a certain end to that. But London, which owned 85 percent of AIOC’s profits whileTehran could just have 15 percent of the revenue, determined not that to happen.
This Aug. 16, 1953 file photo shows a selection of the huge crowd massed in parliament square after Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh announced he had smashed a pro-shah coup d'etat in Tehran, Iran. “Shiite clerics have been able to mobilize [sic] the Iranian masses far better than any other socio-political authority. Clerics form the broadest social network in Iran, exerting their influence from the most remote village to the biggest cities,”A demonstrator, who said he was 90 years old, raises his fist as he chants his support for the Ayatollah Khomeini during a massive demonstration for the Shiite religious leader, Feb. 9, 1979, in Tehran.
In this Dec. 31, 1977 file photo, U.S. President Jimmy Carter toasts Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran during a New Year's Eve dinner at Niavaran Palace in Tehran, Iran. five months before the Shah was ousted by revolutionary forces, which were a coalition of secularist liberals, communists and pro-clergy groups. "Under the Shah's brilliant leadership Iran is an island of stability in one of the most troublesome regions of the world.
But when the Shah, who had been strongly identified with the US by revolutionary forces, landed in New York City for medical treatment in October 1979, suspicions over Washington’s intentions towards Iran increased, triggering an attack on the American embassy. Blindfolded and hands bound, one of the hostages held at the U. S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran is shown to the crowd by Iranian students on Nov. 8, 1979. Since 1979, Iran’s new state has developed a wide network of proxies across the Middle East to export its revolutionary ideology to other Muslim countries, making itself an influential power in the region.
While Americans claim it was a mistake, Iran maintained the attack was intentional. Washington has never apologised for the attack, angering Iranians until now. Iran’s uranium enrichment programme has been seen by the US, Israel and their allies as an effort to produce nuclear weapons. Tehran denied that saying it was for civilian purposes.
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